Madonna introduces boxer toyboy Joshua Popper to eldest son Rocco Ritchie – who is just six years younger
MADONNA has introduced her new toyboy boyfriend to her eldest son - who he has just a six-year age gap with.
The pop superstar celebrated her 65th birthday last week with a family holiday to Lisbon, where boxer Joshua Popper, 29, met her artist son Rocco Ritchie, 23, for the first time.
Madonna was also joined on the trip by her other children: Lourdes, 26, David Banda, 17, Mercy James, 17, and twins Stella and Estere, ten.
The Vogue singer shared a photograph on Instagram of her posing as he placed his hands on her waist.
She started dating Joshua earlier this year, having met when he was training David in the ring.
Athlete Joshua has helped put a spring in her step again following her stay in intensive care at the end of June, when she was struck down by a bacterial infection.
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Pals have said he has been lifting her spirits and aiding gain back her strength ahead of the delayed launch of her Celebration Tour in London in October.
Alongside a video of her trip, which she made to celebrate her birthday, she wrote on Instagram: “It’s great to be alive... and amazing to be able to put on my dancing shoes and celebrate my birthday! I’m so grateful.”
Madonna was previously married to actor Sean Penn, 63, from 1985 to 1989 and then director Guy Ritchie, 54, from 2000 to 2008.
Before Joshua, she had a three-year relationship with dancer Ahlamalik Williams, 29, who she split from in April 2022.
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Speaking in 2012 about dating younger men, when she was romancing a then-24 year old French dancer, Brahim Zaibat, she said: "I didn't choose to, you know, I didn't, like, write down on a piece of paper, ‘I'm now going to have a relationship with a younger man’.
"That's just what happened. You see, that's the romantic in me. I just met someone that I cared for, and this happened to be his age."
